Allies Bomb German Cities in Reprisals for Enemy's Raids
London crowds urged revenge as Lloyd George pledged swift retaliation. British naval aircraft bombed Zeebrugge and Denys Westrem aerodrome while two enemy planes were shot down. Large crowds fled London damage areas seeking shelter and housing.
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Zeebrugee
Denis-Westrem
London
Lloyd George
Daily Mail
Germany
Viscount French
Home Forces
French Air Attacks Baden in Reprisals
Paris reports French aviators bombed the German town of Baden in reprisals for German air attacks on French cities. The war office confirms the raid and notes it followed ongoing retaliatory actions.
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Paris
Baden
War Office
Congress to End War Session by Next Saturday
Congress plans to adjourn its extraordinary session started April 2 after fast passage of the soldiers and sailors insurance bill and war deficiency appropriation. The Senate approved the conference report carrying cash and authorized contracts, with a final vote set for tomorrow and House action expected to send it to President Wilson. The war tax bill also moved to a low rate as the session nears its close.
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Oet
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Senate
Soldiers’ and Sailors
Wilson
War Clamor in Argentina Will Oust President
Buenos Aires reports President Irigoyen will resign October 12 the anniversary of his election. Health issues and public uproar over anti-German stance and a general strike are cited. Count von Luxburg, the former German chargé d affaires, did not sail and plans to depart for Chile.
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Buenos Aires
Irigoyen
Argentina
Germany
Count von Luxburg
Chile
La Follette Heir Considers Navy Service
Robert LaFollette Jr the son of Senator LaFollette may join the navy to demonstrate his patriotism amid controversy over his father's record. Hyron Webster of St Paul, a college friend, quoted as saying LaFollette seeks to show loyalty and oppose his father's stance.
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la Follette
ST. Paul
Robert LaFollette, Jr
Senator LaFollette
Navy
LaFollette
Hyron Webster
Bob
Mr. Webster
Germans Try Out New Tank in France Front
French front dispatch reports Germans testing a new tank armed with a 3 inch cannon and machine guns. The vehicle features a buttressed front frame, an upper cupola, and armor shielding the caterpillar wheels, which are nearly obscured.
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France
Milk price rise said to have killed 400 children
New York reports that a recent milk price increase has caused the deaths of 400 children, according to a statement by District Attorney Swann who is investigating the milk situation.
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New York
Cody
Swann
British Lose Thirteen Vessels in Week
London reports eleven British merchantmen over 1600 tons and two smaller ships sunk by mines or submarines in the past week. The total global shipping losses since the U-boat campaign began approach about two thirds of German claims issued September first.
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London
Admiralty
Parade Planned for Secretary Lane Visit in Cheyenne Tonight
Plans for a gymnasium meeting and a reception for Secretary of the Interior Franklin K. Lane in Cheyenne are ready. A parade by Fort Russell cavalry and a large turnout are expected, with Governor Houx presiding and Lane addressing the Liberty Loan campaign.
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Franklin K. Lane
Clark
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Industrial Club
John W. Lacey
State Liberty Loan Committee
Lane
Denver
Union Pacific
F. L. Houx
J. M Carey
H. FB. Gates
R. B. Forsyth
Ft. A. Preston
FR. N. LaFontaine
Enos Laughlin
John A. Martin
CL N Potter
Cyrus Beard
John A. Riner
W. C. Mentzer
Waterman
Fort Russell
Weaver
Warren Richardson
United States District Attorney
J. Rigdon
Wil Reid
Luke Voorhees
Nean
G. Knight
Th Tate Council of Defense
FE. Wie
County Council of Defense
J. W.lacey
John D. Clark
W. C. Deming
Tribune
FE. A. Sweten
State Leader
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G. FE. Abbott
First National Bank
A. H. Marble
Stock Growers National Bank
Houx
Eerry
Wilson
S. G. Hopkins
Cheyenne
Liberty Loan
Campanien
W. E. Mullen
R. B. Davidson
Randall and Carey Avenues
First Cavalry
Carey
Twenty-fourth Street
Twenty-fourth
Warren Avenue
Warren
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Twenty-first
Tlouse
House Street
Seventeenth
Capitol Avenue
Capitol
Twenty-second Street
Twenty-second
Pioneer Avneue
Pioneer
Thames
Fifteenth
Depot
Twentieth Street
Twentieth
Central Avenue
German Edict Promises No Separate Peace With Allies
Amsterdam October 3 Germany has made no proposals for separate peace with France or Great Britain Dr vom Kuellmann announces in reply to a Petrograd speech The German policy aims for a just durable peace by ejecting chauvinists and pigheaded leaders from power and uniting honest Germans in pursuit of peace
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Petrograd
Bernard Dernburg
Deutsche Politik
New Fatherland Party
Wilson
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Verneburg
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Prechiotms
Chauviniste
Chinese smuggling ring exposed at Angel Island
Robert T. Ferguson, former Angel Island record room clerk, told Assistant U S Attorney General Densmore that fifty to sixty people may be involved in a Chinese smuggling conspiracy. Nineteen federal employees at Angel Island have been suspended as the investigation proceeds. The ring reportedly collected about $100000 a year and ran a school of instruction for Chinese entrants in Hong Kong to prepare for federal examinations.
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San Francisco
Robert T. Ferguson
United States Immigration Station
Angel Island
United States
Densmore
Angelsland
Ring
Hong Kong
Hon
E Wali
One Hundred Men Battle Major Forest Fire Near Deadwood
About 100 men fought a large forest fire five miles north of Deadwood as 400 acres of young trees burned. The blaze is described as among the worst of the year in the area, with crews working to contain it this afternoon.
Germany suffers heavy casualties in attacks against Haig's forges
Reports from the week describe German forces under Crown Prince Rupprecht pressing near Ypres and Verdun while Haig's lines in northern France hold. British gunnery and Allied counter actions inflicted heavy German losses and retained key positions along the Belgian coast and Meuse sector.
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Haig
Plonders
Haive
Pietd
Marshal Baie
Acorn
Rupprecht
Bavaria
Welnessy
Ypres
Ostend
Rver Watelul
Hale
Maranuel
Corman
Tie Verdun
Polo
Monte San Gabelele
British Aerial Action Over France Described
A British air crew report details a Wednesday aerial melee over France with an English scout crossing 2000 feet and engaging an enemy aircraft, then retreating before returning to the line to renew the fight amid the albatrosses and flares.
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France
Melina
Heflin Called Liar by Mason in House
In a tense House session on October 1, Representative Heflin of Alabama and Representative Mason of Illinois sparred over loyalty charges. Mason challenged Heflin's statements on amendments to the conscription law, denying claims Heflin made about preventing the president from raising and maintaining an army. The chamber erupted as Democratic Leader Kitchen urged omitting the disputed line, but the record stayed. Heflin said he erred about Mason's intent and about the amendment’s impact on service overseas.
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Washington
Kitchen
Heflin
Mason
Otriaar Keral
Ranchman Arrested After Gun Battle With Sheriff
Frank Lancollier, held on a five thousand dollar bond, was arrested after a gun battle with the sheriff and deputies at a Hillsdale area ranch. He surrendered after a standoff in which the sheriff warned of a fatal outcome and neighbors reported no one was injured.
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Willedate
Richard Syauly
Burne
le Ranch
New Hillsdale
Thy Ranch
Aheritf
Andershendt
Thal Schou
Ranc
Hillsdale
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Lavel- Hertennee
Nwoent
Elon
Haleena
George Carroll
Teocheur
Flim
Howe
Lavellier
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